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Device Types

During initial discovery, MSP Center Plus categorizes the network devices into servers, printers, switches, routers and firewalls. For proper classification, install and start the SNMP agent on all the managed devices. Devices that are not SNMP enabled get classified under Desktops category with their Device Type as "unknown" [can be seen in the device snapshot page]. In such cases, configure WMI/Telnet credentials and go that device snapshot page and change the device category and type.

MSP Center Plus comes with nearly 600 device types, which carry the initial configurations to classify the devices into the pre-defined categories, and to associate monitors to them. The device types enables you to effect a configuration once and is applied to several devices at a time whenever there is a change.

These Device Types carry the information required to classify the devices and to associate relevant monitors. You can define your own templates and modify the existing ones.


Adding a New/Custom Device Type
Apart from the available Device Types, MSP Center Plus allows you to create Custom Device Types, provided you have the Device has a system OID. Here are the steps:
  1. Go to Network Monitoring-> Admin-> Device Types.
  2. Click New Device Type button. Add Device Type window opens.

  3. Enter the Device Type and Device Identifiers (system OID).
  4. Select the Category and Vendor Name. If Vendor Name does not exist, select Add New Vendor and enter the Vendor Name and press + button. The Vendor Name gets added to the list.
  5. Monitoring Interval gets filled automatically according to the Category selected. However, you can modify it if necessary.
  6. Select the Monitoring Template. Monitoring Template decides the parameters/performance metrics, monitoring interval & protocol (SNMP/WMI). If you can't find a suitable Monitoring Template, then add a new Monitoring Template.
  7. The Device Type Image also gets selected automatically according to the Category selected. However, if required you can change the image by click on Change Image.
  8. Click Add button to add the Device Type.
Device Type is successfully added. Now apply this Device Type to the required devices.

[Back to Getting Started]

To view all the Custom Device Types, from the Device Type page click Custom button (available on top left corner).

Applying Device Type
The Apply Device Type window lists all the devices that are categorized as unknown. If you want to display all the devices, then select show all devices check box to list all the devices. To apply the device type, follow the steps given below:
  1. Select the devices from Unknown devices [if the show all devices check box is selected this is displayed as Available devices] box and move to selected devices.
  2. Click Apply.

Adding/Removing Default Monitors from Device Types
To add or remove any default monitor from a device type, edit the monitoring template associated to it.

Editing Device Type
  1. Click on the name of the Device Type that you want to edit. Modify Device Type window opens.
  2. Modify the required parameters and click Modify button to save the changes and apply the device type.

Deleting Device Type
Standard Device Types cannot be deleted. Only Custom Device Types can be deleted. To delete a Custom device
  1. From the Device Types page, click Custom button.
  2. Click the delete icon respective to the Device Type that you want to delete.



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